2023-04-26

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• Lue Elizondo Ran the Pentagon’s UFO Unit—and Says the Government Is Withholding What It Knows.

Horseshit

• The truth about teens, social media and the mental health crisis

• Where have all the spy gadgets gone?

celebrity gossip

• The Death of Peter Thiel's “Kept” Partner

Obit

• Harry Belafonte, Singer, Actor, Producer and Activist, Dies at 96

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• An Insider’s Guide to ‘Anti-Disinformation.’

Musk

• Elon Accidentally Revealed His Alt Twitter Account

• Tesla’s carbon footprint is bigger than the company let on in the past

• SpaceX Starship Grounded Indefinitely by FAA

• Tesla Again Paints a Misleading Story with Their Crash Data | Hacker News

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• A few random Tucker Carlson thoughts

  Second, “the right wing” should pay heed to the reality that many of its most talented representatives go down such dark paths. Since most (non-right wing) people are reluctant to admit Carlson’s extreme talent, this point does not always come up. Carlson, of course, was doing very well with his chosen path, and he still has the option of doing very well again.

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Possible toxicity of chronic CO2 exposure associated with face mask use

• Government’s National Security Arm Took Charge During the Covid Response.

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• UK Blocks Microsoft’s $69B Activision Deal

• Wizards of the Coast sent the Pinkertons after a leaker

TechSuck

• Your First LTE | Open5GS

  • HN comments

Economicon / Business / Finance

• US default on debt would trigger an 'economic catastrophe' – Yellen

• First Republic Bank Shares Sink 40% After Earnings Report

  • First Republic Bank Enters Free Fall

  • First Republic handed out billions in ultra-low-rate mortgages to the wealthy

  • First Republic shares continue slide with no deal in sight

  • First Republic shares hit record low after report says govt will not intervene

• Canadian National Railway cites 6% drop in traffic as sign of “mild recession”

• The $11.8B mistake that led to Bed, Bath and Beyond's demise

• US consumer confidence hits nine-month low

• GM Kills Chevy Bolt, Paving Path for Electric Pickups

  • Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV production is ending this year

• Bank of England economist says people need to accept they are poorer

• ‘How to Buy Gold’ Hits a Google Record

• WeWork has lost $46.7B in marketcap

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• FSF Call on the IRS to provide libre tax-filing software | Hacker News

• Disney Files Suit After DeSantis’s Oversight Board Voids Theme-Park Agreements

  • Disney sues Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, alleges political effort to hurt business

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport

• South Korea's nuclear dilemma: Would U.S. trade Seattle for Seoul?

• What a bloody disgrace! Biden maroons 16,000 Americans in the Sudan warzone… then blithely demands four more years. I was an Obama diplomat who rescued US citizens abroad – and this is shameful.

World

• Gastrointestinal anatomy varies widely among people, study shows.

• Japan's Ispace Shares Crash On Lunar Lander Fail

  • Commercial lunar lander presumed lost after moon landing attempt

  • HN comments

  • Japanese company ispace: 'High probability' Hakuto-R crashed on moon

• Singapore executes man for coordinating the delivery of cannabis

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Russia Seizes Foreign-Owned Utilities After EU Asset Moves

• Xi Jinping speaks with Ukraine’s Zelensky for first time since Russia’s invasion

Health / Medicine

• We should not be celebrating marijuana use

• Wearing headgear for sport does not protect against concussion, experts warn